Machine for stropping razors.



PATENTED APR. 10

J. DUGMORB. MACHINE FOR STRQPPING RAZORS.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB.14,1805.

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No. 817,230. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. J. DUGMORE.

MACHINE FOR STROPPING RAZORS. APPLICATION FILED FEB.14,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed February 14, 1905. Serial 1%- 2 4516%.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Janna DCGMORE, chain-maker, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Rose Cottage, Bisscll street, Quinton, in the county of Worcester, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Stropping Razors, of which the followingis a specific-a tion.

My invention relates to improvements in m achines for stropping razors, and has for its object to produce a simple, cheap, and ellicient form of such machine.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stroppingmachine driven by the strop S through friction-rollers. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same machine as shown by Fig. 1, and in both the the strop S passes and bears to prevent wear. Fig. 8 is a plan of the same machine, but with the frame carried down to f f with the connecting guard-bar j passing across between the two sides of the frame. Fig. 9 is a plan of a similar machine, but with the drivingroller A larger in diameter and with the spindle a working in the slot a so as to be capable of traversing around the razor-holder roller B. Fig. 10 shows the same machine as 1 Fig. 9, but with the roller A traversed to the right side While the strop S is being pulled in the direction of the arrow by the left hand of the operator. machine constructed in accordance with my new invention in a special manner to decrease the liability of the user to injury and pro vided with a special rocking frame. Fig. 12 is a plan of the shopping-machine shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a sectional plan on the line 1 2 of Fig. 11. Fig. 14 is an elevation of the rocking frame removed from the machine, and Fig. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the rocking frame at :1; y in Fig. 14.

The frame F of my stropping-machine is generally formed from sheet metal and has turned-down ends j" to carry the journalsc and b of the rollers A and B, respectively,

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of a.

and a hook, ring, or the like H is secured to frame F for attachment to a bed-rail, dressing stand, or other stable position. The rollerA may be made of rubber or other suit able material on a tube (L or a wood or other rubber, and in some cases a hard shield a may partly envelop the outside of the rubber for the strop to workon. The roller B is mounted also in the frame adjacent to the roller A, the journal-bearing of a. being sufliciently loose to allow the periphery of the roller A to bear upon the roller B with sutli cient force as the strep S is reciprocated to turn the roller B first in one and then in the opposite direction.

The construction of the roller B is shown by Figs. 5 and ofthe exterior of the roller bea casing or holder for the razor R. The razor R is entered at the end and is kept tightly in the holder by the spring or springs bflwhich may be made in a variety of shapes, the said springs being permanently secured within the razor-holder. The strop S passes over the roller A, and it is reciprocated by pulling alternatel at each end in the usual way, the razor-blad e being presented first to the inner side of the strop on one side and then to the inner side of the strop on the opposite side of the machine.

' At Fig. 8 I have shown a form of my invention in which the ends f 2 of the frame f are extended, a cross-bar or tube f 'bei11g mounted between the two sides so as to protect the hands from accidentally coming against the edge of the razor.

In'some cases I make the roller A larger in diameter, as shown at Figs. 9 and 10, and mount the journal a in a slot-bearing (L5 in the sides f of the frame F concentric with the axis of the roller B, so that the roller has an easy action and slides along the slot as the strop S is reciprocatedand yet-bearing on the roller B sufficiently to turn it from side to side. keener edge to be produced on the razor.

In some cases it is preferred to construct the stropping-machine with the razor-holder pointing away from the operatm' and toward the hook H, and forthis purpose it is necessary to alterthe shape of the frame, as shown at F in Figs. 11, 12, and 13, and to provide a rocking beam or rocking frame E, carrying [rollers e and e in order that the strep may ing carried down at b on each side to form arranged to carry the razor with its edge roller may be covered or partly covered with The employment of the slot enables a be reciprocated by the user. The rollers a and e are mounted upon pins 6 and e, which assist to hold the rocking frame together.

The rocking frame is shown in detail by Fi s. 14 and 15 and is pivoted to frame by t e centers 6. The strop S passes over the roller A, which reciprocates the razor-holder B by frictional contact, and its ends thenpass over the rollers e and e returning toward the 0 erator, by whom the strop is reciprocated. v henthe razor R is in the position shown by Figs. 12 and 13, the left-side of the strop is being pulled by the operator in the direction of the arrow, as shown, and it will be seen that it is practically impossible for the hand of the operator to come in contact with the edge of the razor and also that the an le of the strop to the edge of the razor is a ways the same. This angle may be varied by either bringing the two rollers e and 0 close together or by altering the diameters of the drivin -roller A, or by both conjointly.

It will be seen that the spring razor-holder. admits of a sympathetic or elastic contact he! tween the edge of the razor andthe 'strop, which is important in obtaining a fine edge on the razor.

What I claim then is- 1. In a razor-stropping machine, a frame, a razorholder j ournaled in said frame, a driving-roller rotatable in the frame, the rear of the razor-holder and the front of the drivframe.

ing-roller being in frictional contact, an operating-strop passing immediately around and incontact'with the drivinga'ioller, and means for bringin the operating portion of the strop towar, the razor.

2. In a razor-'stropping machine, the com bination of a frame, a movable razor-holder .journaled in said frame, a strep, a rocking frame for bringing the operating portion of the strop toward the razor, two rollers journaled in said rocking frame and around which the strop asses, and means for operat in the razor-holiler. v i

In a razor-stropping machine, the combination of a frame, a razor-holder jonrnaled in said frame, a driyinga'oller rotatable the frame, the rear of the'razor-ho'lder and front of the driving-roller being in frictional contact, a rocking frame pivoted on said frame for bringing the operating portion of the strop toward the razor, two 'rollers in said rocking frame, and a strop en agin and operating said driving-roller and saif rocking In testimony whereof I have signed ,my

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES DUGMORE.

Witnesses:

HAROLD J. C. FoRnEs'rER, F. GILBERT BBETTELL. 

